CAIN-42 CAIN StudioAGENTIC AI 75 · #69
Agentic advertising interoperability standards
IAB Tech Lab adapted advertising infrastructure for agent communication and execution.
Last reviewed 2026-11-11
Agentic AI 75 / #69
2026 status: Standards initiative · Category: Standards
The 2026 development
IAB Tech Lab adapted advertising infrastructure for agent communication and execution.
The governance gap
Interoperability standards define message shape, not authority. Two compliant agents can still agree to a transaction neither principal authorised.
Where CAIN-42 fits: Moat 2 — Security-Context Continuity
Core question: Does authority survive every boundary? Identity, scope and delegation are carried across tools, agents, memories and systems.
Keep authority outside the message standard: a mandate and a settlement check on each side, independent of the protocol's fields.
How the wiring works
- Map the protocol message to an action and a principal.
- Check the principal's mandate outside the protocol.
- Settle only when both sides' mandates agree.
- Record the protocol version and the authority decision.
What is real today
PROPOSED A design mapping only. No dedicated implementation exists yet; do not buy this as a finished control.
No IAB Tech Lab implementation exists here. CAIN's interop adapters are real but not certified against that standard.
| Component in this repository | What the module says it is |
|---|---|
cain/interop/adapters.py | Evolution 17 — runtime adapters: turn a runtime-native call into the effects it will have. |
cain/interop/commerce.py | Evolution 17 — verifiable agent-to-agent commerce: cryptographically governed |
cain/acp/objects.py | Canonical ACP objects: Authority Object, Action Request, Transition. |
cain/federation/assurance.py | Policy-bound evidence assurance levels with downgrade prevention (Evolution 12, Phase 9). |
Descriptions are the first line of each module's own docstring, read without importing it. A module path is a pointer into this repository, not a hosted endpoint. Its existence is checked by the test suite; its status for this use is the label above.
Check it yourself
- Fire a live governed decision
/fabric/try - Fire a live decision through the CAIN-42 pipeline
/fabric/try— the same enforcement path every product sits behind.
Commercial package
| Offer | Interop Authority Review |
|---|---|
| Buyer | Standards bodies and ad-tech platforms |
| Price (proposal) | Advisory from $10,000 |
| Bundle | Identity & Authority — Every agent, every delegation, every boundary. |
| Operator stream | Stream 2 of the 10-stream operator playbook |
CISO, IAM, platform security, agent-tool vendors is the bundle buyer. The entry offer for this bundle is Agent authority review; MCP/A2A boundary review; the range is $2,500–$7,500 per review; integration from $10,000. A price on this page is a proposal, not a validated rate, and no customer is claimed.
Buy this as a product or service
CAIN-A75-069 — Interop Authority Review DESIGN
A design-partner statement of work and architecture: authority boundaries, evidence points, and a build plan. No control is delivered and no integration is claimed.
Kind: Assessment · Price (proposal): Advisory from $10,000 · Lead time: 15 business days.
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What this page does not claim
What this page is not. CAIN-42 is not affiliated with, endorsed by, integrated into, or shipped with the organisation named in the 2026 item. The item is public context; the page describes how CAIN-42 would govern that class of capability. No page here claims a customer, a partnership, a certification, a patent, or a production integration. Prices are proposals. Built by a three-person team.